Grave-lining.



G. G. BABICH.

GRAVE LINING. APPucAnou FILED-OCT. 20. $915. RENEWED JUNE 6, 1911.

1,251,61 6. Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

GEORGE e. BABIoH, on vEwJYoRKfN. Y.v

GRAVE-L miter.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Application filed October 20, 1915, Serial No. 56,851. Renewed June 6, 1917;. Serial No. 173,231.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BABioH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State-of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grave-Linings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact speclfication.

This invention relates to burial appara tus and especially to grave linings for concealing the fresh cut earth forming the walls of a grave.

One object of the present invention is to provide a lining for graves adapted to more efi'ectively cover the deranged or mutilated sod around the mouth of the grave. Another object is to provide a lining for graves which is simple in construction and may be constructed very cheaply so that it may be discarded after each time it is used Other objects will appear as the description proneeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a grave lining having my preferred form of flange or overlapping portion for covering the ground around the mouth of the grave.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a grave lining having anotherform of flange at its upper edge.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through a grave in which one of my improved grave linings is used, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section through a grave showing another form of lining to be made of Wood or metal and having hinged upper flanges.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 3, the grave lining comprises wall portions 1 adapted to cover the fresh cut earth at the sides and ends of a grave, and upper flanges or outwardly turned portions 2 to overlie and conceal the mutilated or deranged sod aroimd the mouth of the grave. The lining may be made of paper, cloth or other suitable and inexpensive material. The walls 1 may be made in one piece, and the flanges 2 secured to the upperv edge portion thereofas indicated 'at 8 in Fig. 3, glue or other suitable, fastening. means being used to secure the flaps 8 to the upper edge portion of the walls 1. The lateral edges of the flanges 2 Patented Jan. 1918.

are adapted to lieclose to those of adjacent flanges, so that none of the mutilated sod can be observed at the corners of the grave.

Asshown in Fig. 1, these lateral edges of the flaps 2 may be arranged obliquely, each flange having its lateral edges diverging from the corners of the Wall 1 to which it is attached. The outer corners of the flanges may be rounded, as shown in solid lines on Fig. 1, or of any other desired form.

Various means may be employed for retaining the flanges 2 in position, such as stones, chains, or cords, but my preferred way of doing this is to provide the flanges with perforations or openings 5 through which pegs or sticks 6 are driven. These pegs or sticks are preferably driven in at an angle, as illustrated, their projecting end portions being inclined away from the mouth of the grave in order to more efl'ectually hold the flanges out flat.

The walls 1 of the lining may extend inside of the coflin box 7 as illustrated in Fig. 3, and when thus arranged will serve to conceal the walls of the box as Well as the inner surfaces of the grave. If desired, however, the walls of the lining may be placed outside of the cofin box, as suggested in Fig. 4.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the walls 10 of the lining may be provided with flanges 11 having converging lateral edges, these flanges having perforations 12 for securing pegs 13 as described in connection with Figs. 1 and 3. When the flanges are made with converging lateral edges, they may be formed integral with the walls of the lining, and the whole grave lining made of a single piece of material.

In Fig. 4, the walls 14 of the grave lining are designed to be made of rigid material, such as wood or metal, the flanges 15 being made of similar material and hinged to the upper edges of the walls as at 16. This form of lining is preferably made in four sections, each comprising a wall section 14' and a flange 15 hinged thereto. Each wall section is adapted to fit one side or one end of a grave, there being two side sections and two end sections, as will be readily understood. This form of lining may be used by cemetery companies over and over again in different graves, and with this in View they may keep a number of linings of diflerent sizes on hand. I

When the lining is made of paper or other cheap material, the upper portion of the walls and the flanges may be thrown into the grave at any desired stage of the filling. It Will be understood, of course, that the lining'couldbe made-in any suitable colors.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. .A grave lining consisting of separate rigid wall'sections to fit the inner surfaces of: a grave and rest upon the bottom-ofthe .rigidwall sections to fit the inner surfaces of a grave, and separate rigid flanges, one

hinged to the upper vedge of'each .of the Wall sections and adapted to cover the ground around the-mouth of the grave, said flanges having meeting lateral edges for the purpose specified.

In testimony :whereof I "have signed "my name to i this specification.

GEORGE G. BABICH.

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